As part of their game showcase at E3 2021, Square Enix and developer Eidos-Montreal have officially revealed Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, an all-new video game featuring Marvel characters that will be released for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and PC later this year, on October 26. According to the developer, the title sees the now iconic Guardian team of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot trying to make a living in space only to inadvertently cause a few major problems of their own.
In Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, players take on the role of Peter Quill, Star-Lord, as he tries to fight his wayward band of misfits. This essentially means that you play as Star-Lord specifically during combat and conversations, manipulating the flow of battles and in-game dialogue by making decisions like whether the Guardians sell Groot or Rocket to Lady Hellbender for cash. Or should Drax throw Rocket down a ravine? It’s also about more split-second decisions in the heat of battle, like which moves should be used and when.
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🎮 single-player
🎠story-driven
🤘 third-person
💥 action-adventure
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The whole “play as Star-Lord” premise seems to continue throughout the entirety of the title, as developer Eidos-Montreal has confirmed that this is specifically a single player video game and there is no multiplayer. It’s unclear if the rest of the Guardians lineup will change at all over the course of the game, as Square Enix and Eidos-Montreal showcased several other popular Guardian-related characters such as Mantis.
“I don’t want to spoil anything,” Mary DeMarle, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy narrative executive director, said when asked how important these supporting characters were. “I’m the type of person who doesn’t want to go to the movies and know what I’m seeing before I go. But I will say that Mantis is my favorite character in this whole game. You already know Mantis from the movies, but then if you dive into the comics, you will see a completely different interpretation of Mantis. And we have found our twist in it that I think is unique. “
As noted above, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will be released for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, and PC later this year on October 26.
